Curtain support



March 5, 1929. s. w. DOVER CURTAIN I SUPPORT Filed Oct. 22, 1927- and easily placed in Patented Mar. 5, 1929.

UNETED STATES 1,704,180 PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE WfDoVER, or rnovrnancn, RHODE IsLAN-n, assiienon. r0 DOVER-CRAFT COMPANY, Inc, or PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, A CORPORATION OFRHODE' ISLAND.

CURTAIN SUPIGRT,

This invention relates to; an improved curtain support for WlndOWS or the like and has to do more particularly with improved, means for securing a curtain rod to a win-v dow casing whereby the rod may be quickly posit-ion on the window or removed therefrom.

One object of the present invention is to provide a device of this character wherein the curtain rod may be readily placed in position upon the window and easily-removed therefrom, and at the same time the means for securing the rod to the window are such;

as to hold'the rod firmly in position when attached and substantially prevent any sagging of the rod under the weight of the curtains.

Another object of the invention is to. pro vide a device of this character wherein the attaching means for'securing the, rod to a window are such as to permit the attachment of the rod to the window bya straight movement of the rod towards the window and at the same time provide. an exceptionally firm holding means for the rod which will substantially prevent any movement of the rod relative to the supportingbracket. f A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character wherein the rod is secured to thebracket by frictional means instead of by. a lock or detent, thus providing a more firm support for the rod and producing a structure of greater rigidity. 4

Other objects'and advantages of the invention relate to va ious improved details of construction and novel arrangements of the parts as w'ill'be more fully forth in the brief description to follow.

Eeferrmg to the drawings:-

Fig. 1 is a top-plan view of'the support as attached to a window casing and show-' ing within the end of the prising. an enlargement or detent portion adapted to slip into a depression or cavitywhereby the endofthe rod is locked upon the lug. In practice a certain amount of play results when the parts thus made are in assembled position, whereby the rod is capable of considerable movement relative to the bracket and the rod has a. tendency to nnderthe weight of the curtains.

lt has been found that byforming the lug of such width as to extend entirely across the channel of the rod and by the em ployment of frictional means for holding the parts together a more rigid structure may be provided and one in which the sagging of the rod under the weight of the ciir tain is obviated. In the present embodiment of the invention 1 designates a portion of a window casing to which brackets 2 are secured by screws or other fasteningdevices 3." Each bra cket-2 is provided with one or more lugs .rormed integral therewith and tapered irom the bracket towards the free end thereof, as best shown in Fig. 2. i In the form of the invention asillustrated. herein each bracket 2 is provided with two lugs 4 al though a greater or less number may he em ployed dependent upon the number of rods only one red isshown, as the addition of a elearness of the disclosure.

The rod5 shown hereinis formed of sheet metal and comprises a flat body portion 6 having inturned lateral edges to form a channel .Sthe width of the channel bein' slightly less than the width of the lug l at point adjacent to the bracket but materially greater than the width of the lug adjacent to its free end. As shown herein, the rod 5 is niadein one piece but may be formed of two sections, the end of one section telescopother, as is well known n the art. The opposite ends 9 of therod 5are bent inwardly at substantially right angles to the main portion of the rod andthe lugs l slidably engage the channel v 8 in the bent ends 9 of the rod. Each lug 4 is provided with a struck out portion 10 located intermediate itslength, of sufficient Width to frictionally engage the inturned second rod would inno way enhanceythe edges 7 adjacent to the encisof the rod. Portions 12 of the inturned lateral edges 7 preferably are depressed or bent inwardly in such a manner as to engage the struck out portions 10 of each lug when the ends of the rod 5 are telescoped over the lugs and forced into close engagement with the bracket. The inbent portions 12 of the inturned edges 7 preferably are spaced a short distance from the extreme end portions of the rod to permit the ends of the lugs to enter freely into the channel 8. As the bent end 9 of the rod 5 is forced over the lug 4c, the struck out por tion 10 lightly engages the inturned edges 7 and upon the lug being forced further into the channel 8 the struck out portion 10 is brought into engagement with the inbent portions 12 and the edges of the lug at its wider part engage the sides of the channel 8 to press firmly thereagainst and slightly spread the rod. Thus the rod 5 is firmly held by the frictional contact of the edges of the lug with the sides of the channel aswell as by the frictional contact of the struck out portion 10 contacting with the inbent portions 12 of the inturned lateral edges 7.

The above construction provides an especially firm and rigid support for the rod, holding the same at all times against movement relative to the window, while at the same time permitting ready removal of the rod when desired.

While the above construction embodies the preferred form of my invention, the same may be modified somewhat in practice, as, for example by omitting the inbent portions 12 when the struck out portions 10 of the lugs extend a suiiicient distance from the plane of the lugs to frictionally engage the lateral inturned edges 7 with suliicient force to develop adequate frictional engagement therebetween for securely holding the parts against separation, without nepart-ing from the spirit and scope of my invention as defined by theappended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a curtain support the combination of a rod having a flat body portion provided with lateral inturned edges, a bracket provided with a projecting lug slidable within the end of said rod and having a portion thereof struck out from the plane of the lug and frictionally engageabie with the inturned edges of the rod for forcing the inturned edges slightly outwardly from the main body portion of the rod and thus holding the parts against separation solely by frictional engagement of the parts.

2. In a curtain support the combination of a rod having a flat body portion and lateral inturned edges forming therewith a channel, a bracket, a tapering lug extending from the bracket fo-rinscrtion within the channel and having a portion thereof struck out from the piano of the lug, the edges of said lug adjacent to the portion thereof of greatest width engaging the interior of the rod at the sides of the channel and the struck out portion of said lug engaging the inturned lateral edges of said rod when the lug is inserted within the channel to frictionally hold the rod against separation from the lug.

In a curtain support, the combination of a rod having a flat body portion and lateral inturned edges, portions of said intur-ned edges located adjacent to the end of said rod being bent inwardly towards the main body portion of the rod through a substantial portion of their longitudinal extent a bracket provided with a projecting lug slidable within the end of said rod and having portion thereof struck out from the plane of the-lug and opposed to the inwardly bent portions of the inturned edges of said rod when the parts are in assembled position to frictionally'retain the rod against separation from said hig.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature. t

GEORGE XV. DOVER. 

